After a wild day at the UST Billy Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, Serena Williams seemed determined from her first point on Thursday night that Seed would not join the growing list of players sent home on an early basis from the US Open. Despite heavy rain …
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NEW YORK – The men’s singles draw for the US Open just doesn’t look good – not missing with the names of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, not buried with Andy Murray as just another ATP schmo on line no. 115, its name in regular font as opposed to the …
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14:34 a.m. ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel started covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. The WNBA said Thursday that it will continue its season, but it would postpone three games …
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Naomi Osaka said she will play her semi-final match at the Western & Southern Open, now scheduled for Friday, after she previously indicated her intention to refuse to play Wednesday. “As you know, I withdrew from the tournament yesterday in support of racial injustice and ongoing police violence,” Osaka, who …
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Naomi Osaka, the two-time grand tennis champion, announced she would not play in Thursday’s West and South Open game in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. Several hours later, the tournament announced that play had paused for a day. “As a sport, tennis collectively takes a stand …
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